One exciting aspect of church planting is taking a big picture vision and adding detail and color so that it begins to take shape for other people. Case in point: Now you can download a Prospectus for Crossroads Church (working title).
This file, which reads somewhat like an adventure story, gives background on our purpose, our [...]
A lot has happened since our last church planting update.
Near the end of August, Lindsay and I drove out to Jefferson City for a “church planter assessment” with the Southern Baptist Convention. The basic idea with an assessment is to evaluate prospective planters and their wives via a series of interviews with seasoned planters and [...]
The rivets in the walls were as wide as manhole covers and would have taken a week to saw through with a diamond cutter before you realized the walls were triple reinforced. The towers on either side of the gate were made of solid granite and rose 14 thousand feet into the air where storms [...]
Sam Storms has been on my radar for awhile, as a guy with strong loyalties to the Bible, Jonathan Edwards, and Calvinistic theology. Storms is a prolific writer and a fan of John Piper, which in my book, is also in his favor–oh yeah, and he’s local to Kansas City too, so I could hypothetically [...]
I just stumbled across KupOfJoe.com, a list of KC’s coffee places with comments, maps, and links. Not bad. This is in addition to KC Perky, a regularly updated coffee blog with more detailed reviews, but fewer places listed. In an hour I’ll be checking out Rev! Cafe & Gallery for the first time…which is [...]
